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NVIDIA Prepares GeForce 436.02 Gamescom Special Graphics Drivers
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Caporegime
Someone will be along shortly to defend this and say how it is not needed etc..It hasn't
Caporegime
I like it... plain and simpleSomeone will be along shortly to defend this and say how it is not needed etc..
Soldato
I like it... plain and simple
Certainly is plain, when I first installed it I thought something had gone wrong and it had just installed "minimal" driver or something
I do understand that it should be function over form but sheeeshh!
Man of Honour
Out of the AMD and NVidia control panels I prefer the green team one hands down.
AMDs is over complicated, clumsy and not very nice to look.
Wattman is also very poor for use with multiple cards.
Hope things improve for when the high end Navi cards arrive.
Caporegime
I like it... plain and simple
Same, i don't use it, i just set the settings, and that was it, i'll not be in it again.
I guess if you're in there every 5 minutes though..........
Caporegime
Same as that. I know what I want (fast/G-Sync) and tried the new frame latency but otherwise, I wouldn't even go there. Radeon does look good mind but function over looks is all I need.Same, i don't use it, i just set the settings, and that was it, i'll not be in it again.
I guess if you're in there every 5 minutes though..........
Soldato
OK but Nvidia doesn't even attempt to offer an equivalent to Wattman or am I missing something
Associate
OK but Nvidia doesn't even attempt to offer an equivalent to Wattman or am I missing something
Nvidia: Minimum effort, maximum price!
Someone will be along shortly to defend this and say how it is not needed etc..
I hate how slow it is, in both loading, and applying settings. There's a delay in everything.
I don't mind the layout though, just looks ancient.
Soldato
Weren’t they trying outa new interface for the cp? Also, how is their new oc tool?
Only thing that has any significant delay for me is opening the program settings under "Manage 3D settings" but that probably isn't surprising for what it does. Everything else opens instantly except the "Manage 3D settings" bit which takes around 2-3 seconds first time and "Adjust image settings with preview" bit which I don't use and takes around 5 seconds first time to open.
Not sure if nVidia have implemented a better way yet but if you launch it from a batch file using:
Code:
@echo off
reg add "HKCU\Software\NVIDIA Corporation\NVControlPanel2\Client" /v LastPage /t REG_BINARY /d ec8881f1672555488bae2766f5ec54fc /f
start "" "%programfiles%\NVIDIA Corporation\Control Panel Client\nvcplui.exe"It will always start the control panel on the blank landing page when using that batch to open the nVidia control panel so no initial delay in opening if you left it on the 3D settings bit, etc.
Soldato
This.
If I want to change a setting for a game, I should be able to select multiple instances and apply the setting(s).
But no, I have to do it each and every time for each and every setting.
Caporegime
I like it... plain and simple
Knew it would not take long for you to come along Gregster
It looks ancient and slow to load for 2019. Needs a complete rewrite. Don't tell me they could not improve it
Caporegime
Knew it would not take long for you to come along Gregster
It looks ancient and slow to load for 2019. Needs a complete rewrite. Don't tell me they could not improve it
Associate
At least they could do is update the icons, still using icons from an 18yr old OS.
Soldato
Radeon settings wins hands down at every single stage.
It's light weight and all in one package.
If say all you do is open once then it's obvious that you won't notice any benefits for Radeon settings.
From streaming video or games to a TV or phone to recording to taking gifs to benchmarking it can all be done from in game using the overlay.
Radeon settings is easy the best when it comes to functionality and offers so much more than Nvidia's CP
To get even close on nvidia you need to install a second piece of software that is full of BS like signing in to calling home.
Am not surprised that they is some on here defending windows XP nvidia CP lol
It's due an upgrade and if I was an Nvidia users I would be pushing for it.
It's light weight and all in one package.
If say all you do is open once then it's obvious that you won't notice any benefits for Radeon settings.
From streaming video or games to a TV or phone to recording to taking gifs to benchmarking it can all be done from in game using the overlay.
Radeon settings is easy the best when it comes to functionality and offers so much more than Nvidia's CP
To get even close on nvidia you need to install a second piece of software that is full of BS like signing in to calling home.
Am not surprised that they is some on here defending windows XP nvidia CP lol
It's due an upgrade and if I was an Nvidia users I would be pushing for it.
Soldato
It's an absolute POS. Although I love my SIM rig with the 1080ti, having to go in to the NV CP to sort out triple monitor Nvidia Surround issues or make changes to profiles drives me flipping mad. It looks like ass and it performs like ass for my needs.
For no reason what so ever, every 3 or 4 boots it forgets my Nvidia Surround, so I need to reapply it. But no, it hasn't got the 7680x1440p resolution still active, so I've got to add it to a list again, apply it then wait an age to be back on the screen to select that res. You apply it, it then takes 20 to 30 seconds to pick up all the screens again, then the same again putting them in the right order and waiting for the apply to take effect. All in all its about a 5 minute faff just to get the NV surround configured once more after it annoyingly just forgets all previous config.
How anyone can defend this crap is beyond me. You even need 3rd party programs to overclock and monitor for goodness sake.
For no reason what so ever, every 3 or 4 boots it forgets my Nvidia Surround, so I need to reapply it. But no, it hasn't got the 7680x1440p resolution still active, so I've got to add it to a list again, apply it then wait an age to be back on the screen to select that res. You apply it, it then takes 20 to 30 seconds to pick up all the screens again, then the same again putting them in the right order and waiting for the apply to take effect. All in all its about a 5 minute faff just to get the NV surround configured once more after it annoyingly just forgets all previous config.
How anyone can defend this crap is beyond me. You even need 3rd party programs to overclock and monitor for goodness sake.
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Soldato
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